Parish of St. Tammany v. Tranchina

Citations

• 105 La. 610

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. There is no warrant in any act of the Governor or legislative council of the Territory of Orleans, nor of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, nor yet in any act of Congress pertaining to the establishment and enlargement of the State of Louisiana, for holding that the southern boundary of the Parish of St. Tammany was ever recognized as extending south of a lioe drawn through the center of Lake Pontchartrain,</p> <p>2. “West End’* (a suburb of the city of New Orleans located in Lake Pontchartrain near its southern shore and south of the middle line of the lake) is, therefore,.held not to be within the limits of the Parish of St. Tammany.</p>